Labour pledges to scrap bedroom tax

Labour's Andrew Pakes, has welcomed the news that Labour will scrap the bedroomtax if elected in 2015.

Andrew Pakes, Labour’s candidate in Milton Keynes South, has been campaigning against the impact of thebedroomtax on families in Milton Keynes.

It is estimated that around 2,000 households in Milton Keynes are affected by the bedroomtax. The latest information suggests that around 300 council tenants affected by the charge are already in rent arrears.

“I welcome Labour’s announcement that we will scrap the bedroomtax if elected in 2015. This is a regressive, unfair, ineffective tax that has already driven 300 households in Milton Keynes into rent arrears. Life is getting tougher for ordinary families and they need a government that is on their side.Our local Tories care more about the privileged few than they do in helping ordinary families.”

Cllr Peter Marland, Leader of the Labour Group on Milton Keynes Council, added:

“I am pleased that Ed Miliband has listened to councillors experience of the bedroomtax. With hundreds of families affected in Milton Keynes this is the right thing to do. It is a positive pledge that will save money and end a truly regressive attack on the poorest in our community, and actually costs more money than it saves.”